Parks Canada prescribed burn at Thousand Islands National Park
MALLORYTOWN, ON, May 6, 2015 /CNW/ - How do you help a songbird sing? Supporting actions like prescribed burns that restore their natural habitat is a good place to start. Oak forests support a high diversity of insect species such as butterflies and moths, which in turn help sustain song birds. Sadly, oak forests are in decline in many areas of North America including in the Thousand Islands and they need our help.
Parks Canada is inviting media to come see how Thousand Islands National Park is using fire to help restore a mostly deciduous red oak forest on Gordon Island, located in the St. Lawrence River near Gananoque. With prescribed burns, we can help suppress devastating natural wildfires and regenerate the oak forest. By fostering this process, Parks Canada is helping to restore a landscape for song birds.
Through initiatives like the prescribed fire program, Parks Canada is supporting Canada's National Conservation Plan by taking practical action to restore Canada's ecosystems and contribute to the conservation of Canada's lands and waters.
Join us as we offer media a rare and very close up opportunity to see Parks Canada's fire crews implement specific and carefully planned actions in landscape restoration. Specialists will be on hand to respond to your questions and you will be granted special access onto Gordon Island and into the fire zone. We will be collecting high resolution video and photo footage, including aerial views of this exciting conservation event. These will be made available to you.
| Where: |
Parks Canada boat will leave from: |
| Date: |
Friday May 8, 2015 |
| Time: |
1:00 pm |
| Reserve: |
Boat space is limited, reservations are required. |
| What to wear: |
Closed toe hiking shoes / boots, hat, pants and long shirt. |
| What to bring: |
Water, snacks, sun screen, bug spray and a USB key. |
SOURCE Parks Canada (Georgian Bay and Ontario East Field Unit)
Image with caption: "Gordon Island prescribed fire, 2010. (CNW Group/Parks Canada (Georgian Bay and Ontario East Field Unit))". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20150506_C4566_PHOTO_EN_16302.jpg
Bruce MacMillan, Partnering Engagement & Communications Officer, Georgian Bay and Ontario East Field Unit, Parks Canada Agency, [email protected], Telephone: 613-923-5261 extension 122, www.parkscanada.gc.ca/ti
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